-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just obtained a new mac mini today with Leopard installed on it. Since this is my first experience with 10.5, I'm still learning some things. One of the first things I did though was to install macports. After the installation, I noticed that the .profile file wasn't modified to include /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin like my 10.4 version was. At least, I think I installed the 10.4 version from the dmg image. Anyway, after doing a little looking around on the file system and reading the startup files, I discovered two things. First, there is no default .bash_profile, .bashrc, or .profile in the users startup directory. No problem there, just left up as an experience for the user to perform if they need to customize their environment beyond the default. Secndly, I learned that Leopard has /etc/paths and /etc/manpaths files that are used during login to set the default paths and manpaths. By adding /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin to /etc/paths and putting /opt/local/man into the man path, I can guarantee that these are added to the path for any user on the system. This is actually a pretty cool idea, and it prompted the reason for my email. Could it be possible to modify the port install scripts to add it's paths to those two files on 10.5? Those files don't exist nor are used on 10.4 as I already checked, so the 10.4 install scripts wouldn't need modified. Just wondering, and not even sure if this has already come up and been discussed to death. Since I just got Leopard, I hadn't been reading anything related to that version up till now. Matrix Mole -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHhUOZNtosHRPp48MRAhl4AKCbUShG/I9dtArnIK8pLG1Knqfg8ACgomlM oVKJRUGvJ6SvYbc2VgMWZzQ= =24K3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----